اعشَق فَإِنَّكَ لا مَحالَةَ تَعذِرُ

فَإِذا عَشِقتَ فَقُل لَنا مَن يَقبَلُ

Love, though you'll surely blame me,

And when you've loved, tell us who accepts.

وَإِذا بَدا وَجهُ الحَبيبِ وَوَجهُ مَن

يَلحى عَلَيهِ مَن تُرى تَتَأَمَّلُ

When the face of the beloved appears, and the face of one

Who implores him, whose face, think you, will you gaze on?

وَإِذا الدُموعُ وَقَفنَ بَينَ صَبابَةٍ

وَتَجَمُّلٍ أَفَمُمسِكٌ أَم مُرسِلُ

When tears halt between coquetry

And adornment, does the withholder withhold or let flow?

يا مَن حَكَمتَ عَلَيَّ فيهِ لِحِكمَةٍ

قُل لي فَما أَنتَ الَّذي يَتَقَوَّلُ

O you who judged me for him out of wisdom,

Tell me, who then are you who makes excuses?